Camping list

List of items to take camping out in the middle of nowhere.
Also called Primitive Camping and Natural Camping.
No neighbors or RVs with generators. No “lots” to contend with. The great outdoors!

Backpacking list:

• Tents
  Tent, stakes, under flooring if needed, over top tarp if not leak proof or wind driven rain can creep under, weights OR stakes if using tarp to hold it down, hard grounds needs a hammer to drive stakes, spade to smooth the ground of sticks and stones
• Sleeping Bags
• Small pillow
  Air filled pillow would save room and still be a comfort to your head
• Flashlights & Lanterns & Flares
  If batteries become soaked or die, use the flares if needed. Make sure all flashlights use the same batteries ! Rechargeable is best. Less load to carry. Just recharge in day time.
  Also a good idea to get a recharger of some sort. Some solar rechargers are decent priced now. Also could get a car recharger.
• Fire Starter & Lighters & matches
  Can’t stress this enough. Without fire, you will be a stone age person eating cold food and have nothing to light the night but the battery eating lanterns.
  I suggest getting a BBQ style grill lighter since it holds more fuel and you do not have to burn your fingers trying to hold a small one at a weird angle to light your fire in a foot deep fire pit.
  For matches, get WATER PROOF matches. Very cheap 10 packs are on Amazon.Com.
  Many places also sell fire-starter kits. They looks like pieces of wood. They can burn a longer amount of time and hotter than your matches. Helps drive off the dew in the morning.
• Clothes for days
  Bring enough clothes for your trip. Swimming or snow ? Cold at night still ?
  Throw a blanket in the car anyways to ward of emergencies.
• Alum. Foil
  Very good to cook with if the grill cooking mesh is dirty/got dirty/bugs found the cooked on meat overnight.
• Zip Locks for food and other stuff.
  This will keep critters out of your left over food and allow you to seal away a lot of yummy odors from bears/coons.
• 4 gallons water works for 2 adults and 2 kids for 3 days.
  Unless you trust and have clean water near your camp site, bring water!
  You can rope the gallon handles to your backpack. It is heavy, but to balance the weight, place two of them on your backpack. Left and Right.
  Suggest you get the screw on lids.
• Water Bottles
  For your hiking and to divvy out the water.
• Long Tongs
  For reaching into the hot fire to remove food.
  Maybe another for moving wood around in the fire pit ?
• Something to stir and dish out canned foods. Spoons & Forks ?
• Paper Plates!
  They are great since you can pack a lot into your backpack and you can also use them to start fires(if paper, not plastic)
• Swimsuits
  Or skinny dip.
  You can hang them out to dry on a rope.
• Bug Spray
  Oh please do NOT forget this!
• Rope
  For clothes line
  inner tubes tie up
  hold food in a tree away from camp so that the bears don’t knock on your door
  hold down tents OR extra tarp
  Many uses. Watch the Lassie show on TV.

Food items that work in the wilds:

• Hamburgers
• Hot Dogs
• Buns
• Spicy? Mustard & Ketchup
• Chips
• YUM! Sweet Corn
• Cereal
• Pop Tarts
• Potatoes
• Raw foods such as carrots, celery,
• Beef Jerky!! Stays in your tummy all day and you can pack a lot of it with you.